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Tue 01 Jan 200923% of samples in one area tainted
A CONSULTANT microbiologist called on the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) to consider appropriate public awareness actions in October 2007 after 23 per cent of bottled water samples in her area over a four-week period were found to be contaminated.
Dr Eleanor McNamara, director of the public health laboratory in the HSE Dublin Mid Leinster area, wrote to the authority on October 12th, 2007, with concerns about the results of the bottled water samples which were being analysed as part of an FSAI study.
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